The sorrow of separation The sorrow of separation from Urvashi started dominating Pururava. His body turned black and his hair became long. A stunning king started looking like a beggar. He kept searching for Urvashi for years by…

Urvashi came to Pururava with conditions  Taking a boon from Indra, Urvashi came to meet Pururava on earth. Seeing the end of his dilemma going on in his mind, Pururava felt as if he got everything he ever wished for. He hugged U…

According to Roman folklore depiction, Androcles (Androclus in Latin), was a man who is known for befriending a  Barbary lion (regionally extinct). The story of Androcles reappeared in the Middle Ages as "The Shepherd and th…

Reign of Pururava & conflicts with Brahmins This was now the era of Treta Yuga when Pururava became the first king of the Aila dynasty and Chandravansh (Chandra dynasty). Despite being a human, Pururavas was surrounded by non…

As we all know that Harshvardhan was the patron of both art and education. He was a writer himself and wrote three Sanskrit plays, Nagananda, Ratnavali, Priyadarshika. For this reason, he always appreciated new artists and knowle…

Birth of Sudyumna In the Dravida kingdom, the progenitor of humanity Vaivasvata Manu (King Satyavrata) and his wife Shraddha had seven sons. Now they are expecting their next child. Upon approaching their royal priest the great s…

It was a beautiful Sunday afternoon. There was nothing special that day. Just on this day of every week, Me and Ashima spends a few moments with each other and collect some sweet memories. While sitting at the dining table, I was…

Thousands of years ago, there was a great scholar among the gods in the Satya Yuga, named Brihaspati (Jupiter). He was appointed by Indra, the king of the gods, as his official deva guru(Chief Priest of gods). That was a time whe…

Mahabharata - The Fifth Veda The epic Mahabharata is based on Indian (Bharat) ideas and beliefs. It is also called the fifth Veda because, through these stories, the knowledge of the four Vedas reaches the masses. The oldest text…

Even though the story isn’t that old, whenever I think about it, I feel it just happened yesterday.  When I got home from work that day, Aashima ran up to me and told, "Mommy called. She, Daddy, Mamuni(my sister), and Rocky(…